Tim Cahill has a knack for keeping himself in the news, though not always in a good way. Today, he offers us a way to reflect on how badly screwed up the priorities of our campaign finance laws are. Consider Treasurer Tim's two … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker ties himself up in knots on health care
Charlie Baker's statement, on the new health care reform law was pretty simple, pretty clear, and pretty unequivocal. Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles D. Baker Jr., a former chief executive of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, … [Read more...]
Allow me to be the first to formally welcome our new corporate overlords
Statement by OCPF on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission On January 21, 2010, the United States Supreme Court issued an important decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. __ (2010). In Citizens United, … [Read more...]
“Widmer laughed when responding to Cahill’s slight”
There's much more to say about the impact of the passage of health care reform on the Gov's race, but for now, I must just note this outstanding nugget from today's Globe article on that subject: When WRKO cohost Todd Feinberg noted that … [Read more...]
While the Health Care battle rages on in DC, Reform in MA is being threatened by Cahill, Baker
The issue of health insurance reform is all over the news. Congress is expected to vote on a bill today, and the big insurance companies are stopping at nothing to try to kill the bill. Here in Massachusetts, we are lucky to lead the nation … [Read more...]
Baker didn’t used to think revenue shortfalls were a big deal
Predictably, Charlie Baker jumped all over the news of a revenue shortfall that apparently could be as high as $295 million or as low as $195 million. Clearly, says Baker, the shortfall proves the "fundamental incompetence" of both … [Read more...]
MA economy: good news, bad news
Today's Globe has some good news and some bad news on the local economy. The good news is that in February, for the first time in nearly two years, the MA economy added jobs, and the unemployment rate didn't rise. The state's … [Read more...]
Cahill running right of Charlie Baker and Scott Brown on health care
Interesting. State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, an independent candidate for governor making a play for fiscally conservative voters, said yesterday that the state's universal health care law is bankrupting Massachusetts and will do the … [Read more...]
Herald unexpectedly keeps Gov’s winning streak going
Governor Patrick's current winning streak -- an impressive series of policy and political extra-base hits that includes an unexpected vote of confidence from the business group Associated Industries of MA -- continued yesterday and today … [Read more...]
Business group pretty much backs Patrick’s health cost control plan. Gov’s win streak continues.
This is very good, and quite unexpected news -- yet another item in the Governor's current winning streak. A staunchly pro-free enterprise business group yesterday embraced price controls for the state's health-care industry, saying … [Read more...]
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